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Lincoln Through the Lens How Photography Revealed and Shaped an Extraordinary Life

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ISBN-10: 0802796664

ISBN-13: 9780802796660

Edition: 2008

Authors: Martin W. Sandler

List price: $22.99
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He was born in the backwoods of Kentucky in a humble log cabin, but Abraham Lincoln was savvy enough to embrace the new technology of his timephotographyto propel him all the way to the White House. This simple man with lofty goals was willing to use any means necessary, including the power of photography, to save the union and free the slavesleaving behind an unmatched legacy of sacrifice, service, and achievement. More than one hundred images of Lincoln's life and times provide a complete portrait of this revered president and the events that defined him. From the only confirmed existing picture of Lincoln before the historic Gettysburg Address to his second inaugurationwhere he is…    
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Book details

List price: $22.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication date: 10/1/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Size: 1.25" wide x 10.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Martin W. Sandler is the author of Lincoln Through the Lens and The Dust Bowl Through the Lens. He has won five Emmy Awards for his writing for television and is the author of more than sixty books, two of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Among Sandler's other books are the six volumes in his award-winning Library of Congress American History Series for Young People, a series which has sold more than 500,000 copies. Other books by Mr. Sandler include: Island of Hope: The Story of Ellis Island, Trapped in Ice, The Story of American Photography, The Vaqueros, America: A Celebration, and This Was America. Martin Sandler has taught American history and American studies at the…